http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/country/myanmar.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBIT_KHUN_SA?SITE=CAWOO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://tobacco.org/news/254536.html One-time drug warlord Khun Sa, variously described as among the world's most wanted men and as a great liberation fighter, has died, an associate and a Myanmar official said Tuesday. He was 74. Khuensai Jaiyen, a former secretary of Khun Sa who works with ethnic Shan minority guerrilla groups, said that his former boss died in the Myanmar capital of Yangon on Friday, according to his relatives. The cause of death was not immediately known, but Khun Sa had long suffered from diabetes, partial paralysis and high blood pressure. . . . But he was driven out in 1982 and lodged himself in Ho Mong, an idyllic valley near the Thai frontier inside Myanmar, also known as Burma. There, the chain-smoking warlord entertained visitors with Taiwanese pop songs, grew orchids and strawberries, and directed a flow of heroin to addicts around the world. AP Burma/Myanmar Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT http://www.kanglaonline.com/index.php?template=headline&newsid=35169&typeid=1 http://tobacco.org/news/237357.html Volunteers of the AMADA have an auto-rickshaw smuggling a consignment of banned tobacco products, including khaini and talab, in the early hours of December 1 on NH-39, according to a release. The statement said the auto, no. MN01/0724 was caught at around 2:30 am on December 1 after AMADA volunteers learnt that such items were being smuggled from Kangpokpi to Imphal at night. Kangla Online India Burma/Myanmar Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:00:00 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6034087.stm http://tobacco.org/news/233620.html A Buddhist nun in Burma smokes a cigar outside a hotel in the capital, Rangoon. BBC Online Burma/Myanmar Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:00:00 GMT http://www.myanmar.com/nlm/enlm/Jun03_rg10.html http://tobacco.org/news/225264.html Organized by Yangon East District Maternal and Child Welfare Supervisory Committee, a ceremony to mark the World No-Tobacco Day 2006 was held at Yankin Education College in Yankin Township yesterday, with an address by Chairperson of Yangon Division MCWSC Daw Mar Mar Wai. The prize presentation ceremony followed. Chairperson Daw Mar Mar Wai presented prizes to MCWA members who stood first, second and third positions in the World No-Tobacco Day Quiz. Myanmar Times & Business Reviews Burma/Myanmar Fri, 02 Jun 2006 04:00:00 GMT http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C05%5C08%5Cstory_8-5-2006_pg6_17 http://tobacco.org/news/223510.html Myanmar’s military rulers have banned smoking in public places with stiff penalties coming into effect next year. The government introduced the law Thursday, banning smoking in all areas of hospitals, schools, universities and airports as well as in cinemas and department stores, state media said Friday. Smoking on public transport and in other public spaces is also banned. The law, which caught smokers by surprise, is the first in Myanmar attempting to deal with the health effects of smoking. Agence France Presse Burma/Myanmar Mon, 08 May 2006 04:00:00 GMT http://english.dvb.no/news.php?id=6985 http://tobacco.org/news/223427.html Burma's ruling military junta, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) has banned smoking in public places with stiff penalties coming into effect next year, according to the juntaÂ's mouthpieces, the New light of Myanmar and Myanmar Alin newspapers published today. The new law, which was introduced on Thursday, bans smoking in all areas of hospitals, schools, universities and airports as well as in cinemas and department stores. Smoking on public transport and in other public spaces is also banned. Democratic Voice of Burma Burma/Myanmar Fri, 05 May 2006 04:00:00 GMT http://www.myanmar.com/nlm/enlm/May05_h1.html http://tobacco.org/news/223325.html 3. The objectives of this Law are as follows; (a) to convince the public that health can be adversely affected due to smoking and consumption of tobacco product and to cause refraining from the use of the same; (b) to protect from the danger which affects public health adversely by creating tobacco smoke-free environment; (c) to obtain a healthy living style of the public including child and youth by preventing the habit of smoking and consumption of tobacco product; (d) to uplift the health, economy and social standard of the public through control of smoking and consumption of tobacco product; (e) to implement measures in conformity with the international convention ratified by Myanmar to control smoking and consumption of tobacco product; Myanmar Times & Business Reviews Burma/Myanmar Fri, 05 May 2006 04:00:00 GMT http://www.myanmar.com/nlm/enlm/June05_h3.html http://tobacco.org/news/198771.html Yangon Division Health Committee and Maternal and Child Welfare Supervisory Committee held a ceremony in commemoration of World No-Tobacco Day at the hall of Yankin Education College in Yankin Township here this afternoon. It was attended by Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Chairman Yangon Command Commander Maj-Gen Myint Swe, Division MCWSC Chairperson Daw Khin Thet Htay and members, members of the Yangon Division PDC, Director Dr San Shwe Win and deputy directors of the Health Department, local authorities, members of district and township MCWSCs and guests. Myanmar Times & Business Reviews WMMyanmar@aol.com Burma/Myanmar Sun, 05 Jun 2005 04:00:00 GMT http://www.myanmar.com/nlm/enlm/June05_rg4.html http://tobacco.org/news/198770.html Organized by Health Department and Myanmar Medical Association (Central), talks were given in commemoration of the World No-Tobacco Day at the office of MMA this morning with an opening address by MMA (Central) General Secretary Prof U S Kyaw Hla. On the occasion, Dr Daw Nyo Nyo Kyaing, Deputy Director of Health Department, and Specialist Dr U Ko Ko Maw gave talks on Health Professionals against Tobacco and Oral Health on Tobacco respectively. Myanmar Times & Business Reviews WMMyanmar@aol.com Burma/Myanmar Sun, 05 Jun 2005 04:00:00 GMT http://www.myanmar.com/nlm/enlm/Nov19_rg2.html http://tobacco.org/news/182651.html Multisectoral Workshop on National Tobacco Control Legislation was opened this morning at Grand Plaza Park Royal Hotel. Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint and Resident Representative of WHO Dr Agostino Borra delivered addresses at the opening ceremony of the workshop. Myanmar Times & Business Reviews WMMyanmar@aol.com Burma/Myanmar Fri, 19 Nov 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-02/24/content_1328512.htm http://tobacco.org/news/154175.html All billboards advertising cigarettes and alcohol will be totally banned in Myanmar from the end of March as a follow-up of the move initiated in 2002, the local Myanmar Times reported in this week's issue. The country introduced an anti-tobacco plan of action in July 2000. Since then, cigarettes and alcohol advertisements have been banned from television and newspaper. Legislation is also being drafted to further ban such advertisements from other print media and radio, according to the report. Xinhua Newswire Burma/Myanmar Tue, 24 Feb 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.emedia.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/NewsBreak/20040109174858/Article/indexb_html http://tobacco.org/news/148991.html MARINE Police detained a Myanmar-registered barge laden with smuggled cigars, cigarettes and liquor at the Swettenham Pier here early today. New Straits Times news@nst.com.my (Audrey Dermawan) Malaysia Burma/Myanmar Fri, 09 Jan 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031108.wiwa08/BNStory/International/ http://tobacco.org/news/142702.html BAT's grudging withdrawal from Myanmar strikes me as another example of the attitudes that have hardened people running corporations into thinking that they are beyond the reach of morality and law. For too long, corporations have responded to charges levelled against them by green-washing their image; they seem to think that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is only about publishing reports. Reporting on a corporation's social responsibility is a good place to start -- but where's the bite? How about adopting a global standard with punitive sanctions for corporations that break international law? It is so galling when corporations bleat about how much they do for a country, even as they are raking massive profits. Meanwhile, the repressive regimes that also profit from those same investment dollars continue to buy the arms that allow them to terrorize their own people. Globe and Mail wiwa@dial.pipex.com (Ken Wiwa) Burma/Myanmar Sat, 08 Nov 2003 05:00:00 GMT http://www.bat.com/oneweb/sites/uk__3mnfen.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO5K3FYC/$FILE/medMD5T2DS5.pdf http://tobacco.org/news/142697.html Michael Prideaux, Director, Corporate & Regulatory Affairs, said: “The sale agreement follows the exceptional formal request by the British Government in July for us to reconsider our investment in the joint venture. As a UK-based multinational, we have taken the request seriously. “We believe the solution is a balanced outcome to a difficult dilemma. We will sell our share in the Rothmans of Pall Mall Myanmar joint venture, while ensur ing its continuing stability as a going concern that can maintain local employment opportunities and the orderly and responsible local marketing of our brands. We expect the arrangement to meet the British Government’s requirement. “We are leaving our role in Rothmans of Pall Mall Myanmar with regret, as our managers have established it as one of Burma’s best employers, operating to high standards of business practice and corporate responsibility. We have been assured that the new owners of our 60% share aim to maintain the company’s high operating standards and the best possible employment prospects for its 500 employees.” BAT UK Burma/Myanmar Thu, 06 Nov 2003 05:00:00 GMT http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1066565702696 http://tobacco.org/news/142696.html The BAT tobacco group bowed to political pressure yesterday and pulled out of Burma, selling its 60 per cent stake in Rothmans of Pall Mall Myanmar to Distinction Investment Holdings, a Singapore-based investment company. The group was the last UK multinational still investing in the country, whose military government has come in for wide international criticism. . . "The overriding factor is that if you are a UK multinational then it is hard to ignore the political will of your government," the company said. Financial Times UK Burma/Myanmar Fri, 07 Nov 2003 05:00:00 GMT